I recently had the opportunity to view the film ESCAPE FIRE: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare, which was released on October 5th, 2012 in select theaters, on iTunes, and via Video on Demand. ESCAPE FIRE premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival and has gone on to win numerous film festival awards nationwide. It has been hailed by Sundance senior programmer David Courier as the "definitive film on American healthcare." It was also recently aired on CNN.

Reminder: ACAM Professional of the Year NominationsACAMJust a reminder that the ACAM Board of Director's has announced that it will present its first ever ACAM "Professional of the Year Award" at this year's Spring Conference, May 29-June 2 in Hollywood, Fla. ACAM's "Professional of the Year Award" honors the individual who represents the best in the area of integrative care in the previous year in our industry.

Click here to complete the ACAM Professional of the Year nomination form.

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Kathy Gruver Wins Best Book Award in Alternative Medicine CategoryNoozhawkThe annual Beverly Hills Book Awards recognized The Alternative Medicine Cabinet by acclaimed author Dr. Kathy Gruver winning for Best Book in the Alternative Medicine category. This national award, based in Los Angeles, is open to all English language books in print. Experts from all aspects of the book industry, including publishers, writers, editors, book cover designers and professional copywriters, judge the competition. Award winners are selected based on overall excellence in each category.

Who Needs Healthy Food When We Can Eat Cash?Scott C. Tips President of the National Health FederationThe hazy, smoggy skies over Beijing during these March days are emblematic of the Codex meetings that the National Health Federation has been attending for many days here in China. The sun only shimmers as a strange, pale orange globe, casting an ethereal, almost futuristic "Bladerunner" look to the cityscape while city residents glide silently past with white face masks and we Codex delegates and staff work inside overheated rooms on international food-additive standards. Given what has transpired, the setting seems apt.

Your Tax Dollars May Buy 400,000 Tons of Sugar to Keep Prices Artificially HighAlliance for Natural HealthWelcome to the government sugar/industrial/drug complex. Sugar—in all its forms—is considered the primary cause of type 2 diabetes. It also suppresses the immune system, is linked to cancer, and leads to cognitive problems, as we reported last year. Government subsidies, taking a great variety of forms, are increasing rather than decreasing. Diabetes drug sales are now $35 billion with other related illness sales even higher. Let’s see how all this connects.

Making Diabetes Care Less CostlyGalveston Daily News via ABIHMSome good news came out recently for those with type 2, non-insulin dependent diabetics that will lower the burden and costs of your care. Collaboration found that monitoring home blood sugars four to seven times a week in such patients does not reduce the HbA1C more than less frequent self-monitoring of one to two times a week. This is good news since the cost of glucose strips and the discomfort and inconvenience of daily finger sticks has long been a nuisance to patients.

Latest 'Red Meat Study' Doubly FlawedAlliance for Natural HealthNo, meat is not unsafe—nor is L-carnitine. A recent study published in the journal Nature Medicine associates the amino acid L-carnitine, found in red meat, supplements, and sports supplements, with the risk of heart disease. Here are some examples of what the media said about it: The Daily Mail (UK): "Red meat nutrient used in weight-loss and muscle-building supplements could cause heart disease"! The Dallas News: “Put down that steak! (and energy drinks, too); the carnitine in these foods may increase risk of cardiovascular disease”!

Safe and Effective Ways to Remove Toxic MetalsTahoma ClinicIn this edition of Metal Toxicity Tuesday Talk, John Sherman, ND, discusses the advantages and disadvantages of removing toxic metals, as well as safe and effected ways to remove toxic metals.